CHINA Photography #2- QINGDAO (Original photography & city information, 36 photos)

Qingdao (Tsingtao) is a huge city in China, located in the eastern Shandong Province on the coast of the Yellow Sea. The city has a lot of old German buildings and is very popular for the production of beer.
The German influence comes from the time of the Qing dynasty. The territory, which was occupied by Germany was called Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory and existed from 1898 to 1914. Covering an area of 552 km2 (213 sq mi) and making German an official language for that time. The city reverted to Chinese rule in December 1922, under control of the Republic of China.

Here a painting I have created this year (2017) with some special places from Qingdao uniting the German and Tao influence in the city.

My first trip to China and Qingdao was in 2007. This April 2017, 10 years later I was back there. One of the biggest changes was the world's longest bridge over sea water. It is a part of the Jiaozhou Bay. I have to admit it looked very scary to me, a bridge with cars, which disappears in the middle of the sea in the fog, somewhere melted in the horizon. We were told the Chinese government is currently building a much longer one.

The area around the sea is very foggy. One could see many wedding couples having photo shootings on the rocks.

Laoshan Mountain is located in the southern part of the Shandong Peninsula, and 20 kilometers east of Qingdao.
It is said that the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.) once came here in search of elixirs. A huge rock inscribed with the words "waves blending into the sky" is said to be where the emperor once stood when he climbed Laoshan. The mountain became a Taoist shrine during the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) when many Taoist temples were built here. Legends described the mountain as a place of mystery and wonder, it was regarded as a residence of immortals. I had the pleasure to be there in 2007. It was a sunny October, we spent two days in the mountains.

Two photos from 2007

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Bella

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